Famous Firsts & et cetera

Bio of James H. Graves

• Bank's Roots Prove Money Doesn't Grow on Trees
• Bees Chase Early Worshippers Into New Building
• Beeless Years Start Honeycombed Grocers History
  
• Blacksmith Raced Horses and Chased Gold Nuggets
• Castle Rock Grows Shops
• District Grows from Squatter's Cottage to Multi-Location Complex
• Early Aviator Brings Honor to El Cajon
  
• Early Church Built with Heart
  
• Early Phone Service
• Early Phone Service Made Reaching Out Difficult
• Electricity welcomed to El Cajon, and then there were some big pops
  
• Fires Plague Early Padre of the Indians
• First Drug Store Was Hotel Resident
• First Mayor's Obituary
• Flume Meant Recreation and Survival
• Gillespie Field Early Days
  
• God Had Many Houses as Area Developed
• Hardin Building History Lives On
  
• Hotel Gives Birth to Cityhood
• Land for Library was Booked in Late 19th Century
• Lawman's First Star Earned with Sack of Grain
• Lumberyard Office Became First Firehouse
• Mines Yield Rich History
  
• Neither Hail nor Sleet nor Lack of Salary Kept Early Mail from being Delivered
• Old Building Tumbles for Progress
  
• Railways were the Social Lifeline for the Valley
• Theater Razing Raises Other Movie Matinee Memories

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